[lmpdev]

Also the inverse though

Things like Wordpress sound super simple - you don’t even need to code!

But you do need to worry about managing an entire Apache server, managing a crappy database, hardcoding bullshit in PHP, cronjobs, cloud deployment and the fact that almost all “features” of it like plugins and themes etc are massive security vulnerabilities

I think the pitfall to avoid ITT is that there’s a single source of maintenance effort - there are likely many!

[rglullis]

If the problem you are trying to solve is "I need to put content online and have a storefront for my product", there are plenty of hosting providers who will happily take care of all the headache from Wordpress for less than $10/month.

[lmpdev]

I’m aware but the OP was about “Making websites”

I was mainly providing an alternate example to “over-engineering is the only source of complexity” train of thought this thread largely has

[rglullis]

To me it seems like a distinction without a difference.

If you can "make a website" by using a third-party provider but instead you opt into running wordpress on your own, you are still over-engineering.